grace

Grace is everything.

Grace is another name for what we are.

Grace is indefinable, the ever-perfect, timeless.

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It is that in which the apparent timeful plays

as names and forms in their brief dance as life.

We are the experience and simultaneously

the witness of this experience.

Grace is that which calls you

away from the chaos,

away from the noise of the world.

Grace is the same as peace,

but there is no peacekeeper

nor anyone being silent.

Grace is the breath of the Self.

~ Mooji

migration

“When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change.” ~ Wayne Dyer

Every year on December 18 the world marks International Migrants Day, a day set aside to recognize the important contribution of migrants while highlighting the challenges they face.

Conflict, the effects of climate change and disasters are pushing people out of their homes in search of a haven. In their journeys, they are often faced with risks of abuse and exploitation. 

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In an increasingly mobile planet around one in eight people on the globe is a migrant or is moving. This is likely to increase due to conflicts, persecutions, environmental degradation and climate change. People also move because of a lack of human security and opportunities.

The experience of migration is a key determinant of health and well-being - especially among low-skilled migrant workers. They remain among some of the most vulnerable members of society - often living and working in conditions not conducive to good health and well being.

I am grateful that when I chose to relocate to the US in 2006, these were not the circumstances I faced. We did leave our homeland though in search of improved living and working conditions for me and my daughter.

our true hero

Rizal Day is celebrated every December 30 in the Philippines. It is the anniversary of Rizal's 1896 execution at Bagumbayan field - the present-day Rizal Park in Metro Manila. 

It's time for all Filipinos to remember our hard fought freedom and honor the sacrifices made for our country. #neverforget #alwaysremember #neveragain #nationalpride 

"Dream of my life, my living and burning desire,

All hail! cries the soul that is now to take flight;

All hail! and sweet it is for thee to expire;

To die for thy sake, that thou mayst aspire;

And sleep in thy bosom eternity's long night."

Jose Rizal - on flickr by arnavarra

"Ensueño de mi vida, mi ardiente vivo anhelo,

Salud te grita el alma que pronto va á partir!

Salud! ah que es hermoso caer por darte vuelo,

Morir por darte vida, morir bajo tu cielo,

Y en tu encantada tierra la eternidad dormir."

Mi último adiós (My Last Farewell) is a poem written by Filipino propagandist and writer Dr. José Rizal before his execution by firing squad on December 30, 1896. 

Philippine leadership

One thing our current Philippine administration is sadly lacking in the hands of this Marcos-Duterte tandem is accountability and transparency. 

So much spending and borrowing under their helm - confidential funds, intelligence funds, wealth funds. Bleeding the country and its citizens dry - squeezing blood from stone. 

Leni Robredo & accountable leadership

They jet set around and party all the time - these shameless pretenders. They have never had any standing or heritage to be proud of - until they came to power in dirty politics.